Hot Chilli (Science experiment)

Hey everybody,

Today, we are doing another experiment for science and it's going to be about hot chilli. For this experiment, we're going to try hot chilli and wait for about 2 minutes after we try 3 different drinks at once, which will be milk, water and ____. We have to repeat this 3 times and to keep track of the result. 

Aim: I want to find out the best way to cool down your tongue after eating hot chilli. 

Research: We had to find 3 different types of videos about Hot chilli, funny, science and experiment. 

Funny

Science

Experiment: 

Method: 

Equipment:

• Hot chilli sauce
• Popsicle sticks 
• Drinks - Soda, water, milk
• Timer

Instructions: 

1. Get your equipment ready.
2. Get a drop of hot sauce on your Popsicle stick. 
3. Lick the hot chilli sauce. 
4. Start the timer. 
5. After 2 minutes, drink your drink.
6. After 5 minutes, how hot is your mouth?
7. Repeat the experiment but with a different drink. 

Results: 

The first chilli I did was without water. I only took a bit and it was still spicy. At first it was burning in my tongue, I rate the burning sensation an 8 but then after 2 minutes, it wasn't that spicy anymore, the spiciness dropped down to 4. 

The second chilli I did was without water, again. I took the same amount of hot chilli but this time I rate the burning sensation an 7.5, after 2 minutes it only dropped down to 6 because my lips was also burning with my tongue because of the hot chilli. 

The third chilli I tried was without coke. It was still spicy, at first the burning sensation was an 8.5 and after waiting for 2 minutes and took a sip of the coke, it then dropped down to 7 but I feel like the coke wasn't effective it got worse a bit. But this time it feels like there's a sting in my tongue, my lips was still burning. 

The last chilli I tried was without milk. Honestly, it's spicier than before when I tried it the burning sensation was about 9 and after 2 minutes I rate is as 7, for me the milk did work.

The water works the most, then milk and lastly coke. 

Discussion:

Why does chilli burn in your mouth?

A chilli has a compound that is called Capsaicin and it's actually an alkaline. The capsaicin is the reason why we feel this hot sensation in our mouth when we eat chilli. 

Why did the milk reduce the burn? 

Since the hot chilli has a capsaicin which is fat-suloble, and a milk has milk fat in it, it washes the burning sensation in your milk. 

Thank you for taking your time to read my blog, I hope you learnt something new, have a great day, goodbye:))